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C'est La Folie

By Michael Wright

C'est La Folie Leisure, Home & Garden

C'est La Folie

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One day in late summer, Michael Wright gave up his comfortable South London existence and, with only his long-suffering cat for company, set out to begin a new life. His destination was 'La Folie', a dilapidated 15th century farmhouse in need of love and renovation in the heart of rural France... Inspired by the success of his column in the Daily Telegraph about La Folie, this book is his winningly honest account of his struggle to fulfil a childhood dream and become a Real Man - to make the journey from social townie to rugged, solitary paysan. And in chronicling his enthusiastic attempts at looking after livestock and coming to terms with the concept of living Abroad Alone, the author discovers what it takes to be a man at the beginning of the 21st century, especially if one is short sighted, flat footed and not very good at games. Life-affirming, laugh out loud funny (and boasting more than its fair share of larger-than-life locals, bilingual chickens, diminutive but over-sexed sheep, invisible rodents, manly power tools with unpronounceable names, plus the occasional femmes fatale), this tale of a new-found life in France with a cat, a piano and an aeroplane, is both an elegy for a world that's fast disappearing as a hymn to the simple pleasures of being alive.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
2007-07-16
Publication Date:
2007-07-16
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0553817329
ISBN13:
9780553817324
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
287 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
29 cm

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